Since some months now I notice such many troublesome warnings on the SAMBA build. I especially note here the warnings from the PIDL compiler and the lex.* files.
The lex warnings are a pain, but as these files are generated by an external tool, they are hard to fix. The PIDL warnings are a note to us to restructure a large amount of our IDL for greater standards compliance. It is a big task, and perhaps shouldn't be warned about generally. However, this is up to jelmer.
Is there a plan to start doing this?
Yes, I plan on working on the pidl stuff at some point.
Okay, status update: - The PIDL warnings still persist - The nasty lex messages seem to be delightfully gone - The build of the python bindings generate lots of warnings. Isn't there a way to suppress it?
We shouldn't just suppress those warnings, we should fix the actual things they're warning about.
For example: Are the PIDL warnings so difficult to fix?
(In reply to comment #6) > For example: > Are the PIDL warnings so difficult to fix? > Yes, they require some IDL refactoring and matching appropriate testing against Windows.
Since this is not really a bug and I think our IDLs evolve from time to time, more and more warnings will be gone. Therefore I close this bug with "WORKS FOR ME".